Thank Heaven

On a night when Randy Johnson (13-9) recorded his 4,500th career strikeout (placing him in third place behind Nolan Ryan and Roger Clemens on the all time list) and his 276th career win, the attention seemed to focus more on Alex Rodriguez' comments (more on that later) that he made on Sunday as opposed to the Yankee's win or RJ's career milestones, which in my opinion is just retarded.

Derek Jeter led off the scoring with his 10th home run of the year, a two run shot off of losing pitcher John Lackey (10-9) in the third inning. That win combined with the Tigers' win over Boston gave the Yankee's a two game cushion in the AL East.

Jorge Posada led the Yankee's 16 hit attack going 3-4 with his 15th homerun of the season. RJ looked sharp over seven innings before giving way to Kyle Farnworth in the eighth and Mo Rivera finished out the ninth.

Tonight the Yankees face Baltimore at the Stadium with the O's throwing left hander Eric Bedard (12-8) against Moose Mussina (13-5). Both pitchers are trying to snap personal two game losing streaks.